First Asian Cup stadium officially opens

Monday 25th October 2021

China has officially opened its first stadium built for the 2023 Asian Cup. Shanghai Pudong Football Stadium is a new 37,000 capacity venue in the metropolis of Shanghai.

The stadium is one of 10 across the country which will host the Asian equivalent of the European Championship. Another 8 brand new stadiums are under construction, all of which will have a capacity of over 50,000.

China are pinning their hopes on drumming up a lot more public interest in the tournament - the last 3 editions have seen average attendance of just 13,000 (hosted in Qatar in 2011), 22,000 (Australia, 2015) and 13,000 (UAE, 2019).

The tournament gets underway in June 2023.